Submitted by Ralph Thomas
Amelia Island Grand Prix
March 14, 2016 9:13 a.m.
The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association, who will be putting on the Amelia Island Vintage Gran Prix event here on Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport next weekend, will have a special treat for the folks on and around Fernandina Beach on Thursday, March 17. A group of up to forty Vintage Racing Cars will leave the paddock area on the race track at 11:15 am, behind a police escort and tour north on Buccaneer Trail to Amelia Island Parkway and onto Fletcher Avenue, then to Atlantic Avenue and finally to Centre Street.
The Race Car Tour should arrive and park along Centre St. between Front Street and 3rd Street at 11:35 am. The tour will remain in place along Centre Street through the lunch hour and will depart, with a police escort back to the race track paddock at 1:30 pm.
Sportscar Vintage racing Association (SVRA) will have over one hundred forty vintage racing sports cars, dating from 1928 forward, racing and more than forty vintage racing motorcycles competing on the original and historic 2.1 mile “Golden Crown Prix ” racing circuit over the weekend of March 19 and March 20, located at the Fernandina Beach Airport. Additionally, there will be a dozen vintage War-Birds flying in and on display throughout the weekend and a World Class Pine Wood Derby Racing event (open to anyone to participate), as well.
Event access to the Amelia Island Vintage Gran Prix will be located at the Amelia River Golf Club, 4477 Buccaneer Trail, in Fernandina Beach. Tickets, in advance are $25 a day or $45 for the weekend and they may be purchased locally at the Fernandina Beach Welcome Center, on Centre Street or Eight Flags Auto Sports, located at: 2588 South 8th Street, in Fernandina Beach.
We certainly hope that the public will enjoy the opportunity to see these rare vintage racing cars up close while they are downtown and the merchants will gain new business while these folks are downtown.
Thank you,
Ralph Thomas
Amelia Island Vintage Gran Prix
(904) 557 5502